ROSAPRESIDENTOPENSTHEIAC2018EXHIBITION

on 03 October 2018

The President of the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), Dr. Phys. Marius-Ioan Piso, participates at the world’s largest annual gathering of space professionals, from 1 to 5 October, in Bremen, Germany. The 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) brings together a record number of more than 6200 participants and it is organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF).

LATESTARTICLES

On 7 March 2019, the high-power laser system (HPLS) from the Extreme Light Infrastructure — Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) has reached the power of 10 PetaWatts, in a world premiere. In addition to applications in the areas of research, energy and medicine, a very important and immediate application of this high-power laser systemis to generate space radiation environments similar to those found in space, for example, near planet Jupiter.

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Thursday, 07 March 2019

— Romania represented by ROSA in the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking consortium

TheSpaceforYouthCompetition

Wednesday, 06 March 2019

Romanian students and young professionals are invited to participate to the Space for Youth Competition, organised by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) together with the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), as part of the strategy Youth 2030. The competition is open until 22 March 2019.

ConferenceonResearchandInnovationforDefenceCapabilities

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

As the coordinator of the Interinstitutional SecurityR&D and Innovation Group, the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) invites interested parties to attend the "Conference on Research and Innovation for Defence Capabilities" organised under the auspices of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, by the Ministry of National Defence, in collaboration with the European Defence Agency (EDA).

Hayabusa2successfullylandsonasteroidandcollectssample

Sunday, 24 February 2019

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has successfully landed on the asteroid Ryugu and collected the first sample from its surface. As it touched the asteroid, the spacecraft fired a 5-gram bullet made of tantalum onto the surface to dislodge particles and collect them with its sampling instrument.